Edward II: A Critical Reader

✍ Scribed by Kirk Melnikoff

• Publisher: Bloomsbury Arden Shakespeare
• Year: 2017
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 318
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

Edward II: A Critical Reader gives students, teachers and scholars alike an overview of the play’s reception both in the theatre and among artists and critics, from the end of the 16th century to the beginning of the 21st. The volume also offers a series of new perspectives on the play by leading experts in the field of early modern history and culture. Bolstered with a timeline tracking Marlowe’s life and work, an up-to-date bibliography and an extensive index, this collection is an ideal and definitive guide to Edward II.

✦ Table of Contents

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Half title
Arden Early Modern Drama Guides
Title
Copyright
Contents
Series Introduction
Acknowledgements
Notes on Contributors
Timeline
Introduction Kirk Melnikoff
1 The Critical Backstory: Edward II’s Critics in History to 1990 Darlene Farabee
2 Edward II: A Stage History Andrea Stevens
3 The State of the Art: Desire, History and the Theatre Judith Haber
4 Edoüard et Gaverston: New Ways of Looking at an English History Play Alan Stewart
5 Edward II in Repertory Roslyn L. Knutson
6 ‘Overpeered’ and Understated: Conforming Transgressions and Edward II James Siemon
7 ‘My Life, My Company’: Amity, Enmity and Vitality in Edward II Garrett A. Sullivan, Jr.
8 A Survey of Resources: Teaching Edward II Edward Gieskes
Notes
Select Bibliography
Index